Ziprecruiter, Inc. (ZIP) Return on Capital Employed (2021 - 2026)
Ziprecruiter (ZIP) posted quarterly Return on Capital Employed of 1.84% for Q1 2026, down 19.0% YoY from 2.28% in Q1 2025, and up 52.32% sequentially from 3.87% in Q4 2025.
Ziprecruiter, Inc. (ZIP) Return on Capital Employed (2021 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
Ziprecruiter has disclosed Return on Capital Employed across 6 years of filings, most recently posting 1.84% for Q1 2026.
- In Q1 2026, Return on Capital Employed fell 19.0% year-over-year to 1.84%; the TTM figure through Mar 2026 stood at 1.84% (down 19.0% YoY), while the FY2025 annual figure was 3.55%, down 376.0% from the prior year.
- Return on Capital Employed rose to 1.84% in Q1 2026, from 3.87% in the prior quarter.
- Over the last five years, Return on Capital Employed for ZIP reached as high as 17.26% in Q3 2023 and fell as low as 5.39% in Q3 2025.
- The 5-year median for Return on Capital Employed is 9.26% (2024), against an average of 6.39%.
- Annual changes were most pronounced in 2022 — Return on Capital Employed soared 1888 bps — and 2025, when it sank 1412 bps.
- A 5-year view of Return on Capital Employed shows it stood at 15.27% in 2022, then slipped by 8 bps to 14.02% in 2023, then slumped by 98 bps to 0.22% in 2024, then tumbled by 1866 bps to 3.87% in 2025, then jumped by 52 bps to 1.84% in 2026.
- According to Business Quant data, Return on Capital Employed over the past three periods registered 1.84%, 3.87%, and 5.39% for Q1 2026, Q4 2025, and Q3 2025 respectively.
Peer Comparison
Historic Data
Download Data| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Mar 31, 2026 | -1.84% |
| Dec 31, 2025 | -3.87% |
| Sep 30, 2025 | -5.39% |
| Jun 30, 2025 | -4.85% |
| Mar 31, 2025 | -1.65% |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 0.22% |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 3.17% |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 9.26% |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 11.69% |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 14.02% |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 17.26% |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 16.78% |
| Mar 31, 2023 | 16.13% |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 15.27% |
| Sep 30, 2022 | 13.27% |
| Jun 30, 2022 | 11.31% |
| Mar 31, 2022 | -2.07% |
| Dec 31, 2021 | -3.61% |
| Sep 30, 2021 | -1.81% |